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Change dialog box for SQL Validate credentials entry

RBD v8.5.1 ( and previous versions)Danske Bank have seen when implementing an SQL validate from the EGL editor on a SQL record or a SQL statement that when they have not saved their datasource credentials a popup dialog is displayed to enter the a...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 6 Delivered

zOSPT - Remove hardcoding requirement for DFH_STC_ID

Currently, it is required to hard code DFH_STC_ID in the CICS properties file. Meaning that all CICS regions provisioned would use same STC ID. In our environment our standards are that the CICS region APPLID matches the STC ID. Therefore, the nam...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / Workflow 3 Delivered

zOSPT - Allow the use of dashes in Dataset names

When attempting to provision a CICS region it fails as one of our region files contains a dash(-) within the dataset name. This is a valid character to use within a dataset name, however zOSPT fails on it stating that it's invalid. These are valid...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / Workflow 2 Delivered

Provide MQ user exit for sequence number errors detected by receiver channel

After re-definition of MQ channels, channel sequence number is reset to 1. This leads to sequence number errors when a message is received due to the remote system remembering the last message sequence number sent. A sequence number error requires...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Increase BUFFERSIZEMAX

We use Omegamon to monitor a number of queues in our environment. On one of our systems every few days we run out of available storage in the queue monitor and the monitoring stops. We already have the maximum BUFFERSIZEMAX of 2048 coded. We're re...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS 1 Delivered

Add description to File Manager TEMPLATE

In many cases a File Manager TEMPLATE is created for project wide use. Adding a short description can make it clear to all users what the purpose of the TEMPLATE is and how it is to be used.
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 7 Delivered

TPF Data Events on Partition Databases

Enhance the z/TPF Business Events Specification to allow for a new element in the business event spec to handle data events where the database is partitioned.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Force IMS LOG prefix (IEFRDER) and force option keep when DBRC is set to yes

We use the security exit to force IEFRDER datasets names (FM_SEC_IMS_IEFRDER_DSN<br />) in all IMS environments with DBRC=FORCE.      We also force the option "KEEP the LOG" (FM_SEC_IMS_LOG_IND<br />= 'K').    ...
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Enable support for OSGI Type 2 for the IMS DL1 driver to work with CICS

Ability to run, batch, realtime and CICS transactions using Java with IMS DL1 driver. Customer wants flexibility to run both OSGI and Liberty JVMs, depending on functionality to ensure quickest performance. They primarily use Type 2, but would use...
over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Delivered

Consideration of "CEETDLI" IMS syntaxes

Currently, CBLTDLI syntax was supported by the tool but not CBLTDLI.We would like to have CEETDLI IMS syntaxe supported by the tool.